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POWDER PUFF Filed June 6, 1932 .22 Aw. www. J

a7 IN-VI'ENTOR` BY @MM ATTORNEYf Patented June 12,1934

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFEEE My invention relates to a new and improvedpowder puff.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a powder puff having abase, and a piece of pile fabric whose base portion is connected to saidbase.

Another object of my invention is to provide a puff which is free fromstitches at the edge thereof.

Another object of my invention is to provide a puif in which the pilebres extend beyond the edge of the base.

Other objects of 'my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which l5 illustrates a preferred embodimentthereof, it

being understood that the above general statement of my invention isintended to generally explain the same and not to limit it in anymanner.

Fig. 1 diagrammatically illustrates how a piece of pile material is cutfrom a sheet of said pile material.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the reverse side of th article shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the completed article.

For many years thin powder puffs have been manufactured on a large scalefor use in vanity cases, and the like. Such powder puis have been madeof a piece of woven pile fabric, said pile fabric having a base portionand pile fibres extending from one side of said base portion. Such pilefabrics have been woven on looms of well known construction for manyyears, and they require no other shapes) were cut from a single largesheet of pile fabric by means of dies, the pile fibres were laterallyspread out by the cutting edges of the dies, so that the dies shearedoif the pile fibres adjacent the edge' of the cut-out piece. Hence, thelcompleted powder pui did not have the pile fibres adjacent the edgethereof.

According to my invention, a sheet of. pile material is cut by means ofscissors or a cutting knife, or any other suitable cutting tool (withoutthe use of dies), so that the cut extends through the base portion ofthe woven pile fabric, without cutting off any of the pile fibres. Forexample, and as shown in Fig. l, a circular cut may be formed in thebase portion 1 of the woven pile fabric, without cutting any of the pilefibres 2. @0 That is, the material is severed by forming a cut in thewoven base portion so that the cutting tool or tools do not touch thepile fibres and do not sever the pile fibres. The piece of pile materialwhich is thus' separated is then connected to a 65 base 3 which is madeof silk or any other suitable closely woven material.

I do not Wish to be limited to the use of woven material, or to the useof any specific material, for making the base 3 of the pu. For example,'Z0 it is well-known to make a puff from two pieces of pile fabric.

The base 3 of the puff is connected to the base portion 1 of the pieceof pile fabric, by means of a suitable adhesive, this being preferably alatex Z5 adhesive. This latex adhesive can be intermixed with avulcanizer, and with a suitable accelerator or accelerators, so thatwhen the latex is dried, it is vulcanized at ordinary room temperature,or preferably at an elevated temperature of 216 F. The latex adhesivehas the fluidity of ordinary latex, and it is applied to the closelywoven base portion 1 and also to the base 3. and the base 3 and the baseportion 1 are then applied to each other with suitable pressure. Thebase portion 1 is closely woven so that the adhesive does not penetrateto the fibres 2, said adhesive being confined substantially within thebase portion 1.

The bases 1 of the pieces of pile fabric and their 90 adhering bases 3are placed in a hot air chamber which is maintained at a temperature of216 F., until the latex has dried, thus forming a very thin and flexiblelayer of vulcanized rubber which connects the. base 3 tothe base por-V9a tion 1. This heating operation also spreads out the fibres 2, asshown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 1 illustrates in exaggerated form how the pile fibres 2 extend upto and beyond the edge of the corresponding base portion 1, especiallywhen said pile fibres are spread out by pressure.

After the adhesive has been set, the puffs can be subjected to theaction of steam 'at a temperature of about 216 F., and at a pressure ofninety pounds per square inch for a period of twenty minutes. Thiscauses the pile fibres to spread out as shown in Fig. 3.

I do not wish to be limited to any particular adhesive.

Likewise, the claims for the article of manufacture are not to belimited to any particular method of producing the same.

The latex adhesive which is utilized can be in concentrated form so thatit can be readily dried. Since the adhesive is confined to the base 1 ofthe woven pile fabric, the outer ends of the pile fibres are free fromsaid adhesive.

The invention is not to be limited to the use of a fabric. which iswoven so as to produce a pile because a pile may be produced by means ofa napping machine upon a piece of suitable fabric.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing fromits spirit.

I claim:-

l. A puff which includes a piece of cut pile fabric which is connectedto a second piece of fabric,` said pile fabric having a base portionwhich has pile fibres at one face thereof, the base of said pile fabricbeing connected to said second piece of material byvulcanized latex, thevulcanized latex which is applied to said pile fabric beingsubstantially conned to its base portion.

2. A puff which includes a piece of cut pile fabric which is connectedto a second piece of fabric, said pile fabric having -a base portionwhich-has pile bres at one face thereof, the base of said pile fabricbeing connected to said second piece of material by vulcanized latex,the vulcanized latex which is applied to said pile fabric beingsubstantially confined to its base portion, the pile fibres in uncutform extending to and beyond the edge of the puff.

MAURICE LEVY.

